LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Federal Government has announced N5 billion palliative to each State of the Federation, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to cushion the impact of the removal of the petrol subsidy.
The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, disclosed this during an interactive session with the State House correspondents at the end of a national economic council (NEC) meeting.
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The NEC meeting was chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima.
On 30 July, the Federal Government said it was working on measures to ease the effect of petrol subsidy removal on the masses.
This is also following the affirmation by Tinubu in a nationwide broadcast on 31 July, that he “Understands the hardship” Nigerians have gone through since the removal of the petrol subsidy.